Oil well #7, at the oil fields in Weldon. 1910
Oil well #7, at the oil fields in Weldon. 1910. The Stoney Creek oil fields started producing crude oil and gas in 1909. In 1923, the production of crude oil in Albert County was 308,984 gallons, and 619,673 thousand feet of gas. By 1925, sixty-six wells had been bored in the Stoney Creek oil fields.
An oil and gas refinery was built at Weldon which supplied oil and gas to local area residents. The company that owned the refinery also owned two gas stations in the area and sold gasoline using the brand name MICMAC.